Kizukuri Station

Kizukuri Station 木造駅
Kizukuri Station in April 2008
General information
Location	Kizukuri Fusamatsu 10, Tsugaru-shi, Aomori-ken Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Gonō Line
Distance	119.5 kilometers from Higashi-Noshiro
Platforms	1 side platform
History
Opened	1924
Passengers
FY2015	232
Location Kizukuri Station Location within Japan

Kizukuri Station (木造駅, Kizukuri-eki) is a railway station on the JR East Gonō Line located in the city of Tsugaru, Aomori Prefecture Japan. The station is a kan'i itaku station, administered by Goshogawara Station, and operated by Tsugaru municipal authority, with point-of-sales terminal installed. Ordinary tickets, express tickets, and reserved-seat tickets for all JR lines are on sale (no connecting tickets).

Lines

Kizukuri Station is served by the Gonō Line, andIt is 119.5 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Line at Higashi-Noshiro Station.

Station layout

Kizukuri Station has a single ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional line. The station building is attended during normal daylight operating hours.

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Gonō Line
Aomori		Local		Goshogawara

History

Kizukuri Station was opened on October 21, 1924 as a station on the Mutsu Railway in former Kizukuri Town, and became a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) when the Mutsu Railway was nationalized on June 1, 1927. With the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (successor of JGR) on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. The current station building, decorated with a huge shakōkidogū statue on its facade, was completed in 1992.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 232 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

• Tsugaru Police station
• Kizukuri Post Office
• Tsugaru City Hall

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

External links

• JR East station information page Template:Ja icon